NEW CLUES

03.09.14

Stolen Passports on Malaysia Plane

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There is new information regarding some of the passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that raises more suspicions about its sudden and mysterious disappearance. Two of the passengers who are believed to have stolen passports from Italy and Austria also appear to have bought their tickets together. Both the Italian and Austrian whose names were on the passports had them stolen in Southeast Asia in recent years said authorities. Malaysian officials were also checking two other passengers who boarded with false IDs. The Vietnamese government reported two oil slicks spotted off the southern tip of the country between six and nine miles long that were consistent with what would be left by fuel from a crashed jet. The flight lost contact with air traffic controllers around 2:40 a.m. local time on Saturday.